Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Psychology of Health and Well-Being
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Teaching staff
In person: Monday to Friday, office on the third floor (better to be arranged by email)
Email: always (crossy@uic.es)
Introduction
Psychology has a very significant impact on both people's health and illness. Knowing what are the right lifestyle habits to maintain and enhance health, disease prevention and health promotion strategies, and the psychological interventions that are characterised by this multidisciplinary approach, will allow the psychologist to contribute, along with other professionals of health, in the care of people from different levels of action. This subject introduces the student to the reality of a general health psychologist
Pre-course requirements
To know the research bases.
Objectives
1. To activate the awareness of the multidimensionality of the person and the need for a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach.
2. To provide the student with theoretical and practical knowledge that allows him or her to intervene to promote health at individual and community level.
3. To encourage critical thinking about lifestyles and the influence of our way of thinking, feeling and acting on health.
4. To acquire the knowledge needed to be able to design a prevention of illness and/or promotion of health plan.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CB03 - Students must have the ability to bring together and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) in order to issue judgements that include a reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific and ethical nature.
- CB04 - Students must be able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- CB05 - Students must have developed the necessary learning skills to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.
- CE05 - Design and apply a psychological intervention strategy depending on the context or service requested.
- CE06 - Plan the evaluation of psychological programs and / or interventions, selecting the appropriate indicators and techniques.
- CE07 - Carry out a project by using data sources, and applying methodologies, research techniques and tools of Psychology, and make an exhibition and public defense of the project before a specialized public so that the acquisition of the skills and knowledge of the Degree is demonstrated.
- CE08 - Awareness of the professional reality of psychologists in a specific field of application.
- CG01 - Capacity for critical and creative thinking, and capacity to investigate and adopt a scientific and ethical approach in distinct professional settings.
- CG03 - The ability to read scientific literature in a critical, well-founded manner, take into account its provenance, situate it within an epistemological framework and identify and contrast its contributions in relation to the disciplinary knowledge available.
- CG05 - Understanding of the limitations of the psychological analysis of human behaviour and the ability to incorporate concepts and analytical techniques from other disciplines.
- CG07 - The ability to adapt to the setting, task or context, handle new tasks and responsibilities and generate processes of change.
- CT01 - The capacity to organise and plan.
- CT04 - The capacity to work in a team
- CT08 - The ability to put theoretical knowledge into practice
- CT09 - The ability to communicate adequately, both orally and in writing
Learning outcomes of the subject
After taking this course, the student is able to:
- To identify theoretical models and processes involved in health and disease behaviours
- To identify risk and health protection factors
- To know different models that relate personality and health
- To identify the biological, psychological and social factors involved in health and disease behaviours
- To know the research designs of the discipline and design a research plan and interpret the results
- To identify the needs of people in different contexts, and to know how to intervene in them
- To know and to apply techniques and measurement instruments for the evaluation of an intervention program
- To know how to deal with a case analytically, interpret it and know the basic techniques of return
Syllabus
Unit 1. Introduction to Psychology of Health
Unit 2. Beliefs about health and behaviour change
Unit 3. Public health
Unit 4. Behaviour and health
Unit 5. Behaviour and disease
Interdisciplinary sessions
Teaching and learning activities
In person
CM -Master Class
EC -Case study
LC -Critical Reading
IT - Individual work
AA - Autonomous learning
TA -Autonomous work of study and realization of exercises
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Case methods (30%)
Research project and oral exposition (30%)
Attendance and participation in class, and extras (10%)
Final exam (30%)
* You must pass each activity with at least a 5 so that it can be included in the final grade
Bibliography and resources
- Amigo Vázquez, I. (2017). Manual de psicología de la salud (3a ed.). Madrid: Pirámide.
- Amigo Vázquez, I. (2003). Manual de psicología de la salud (2a ed.). Madrid: Pirámide.
- Carrillo Notario, L., Fernández Pablos, MªN., Clariana Martín, S., De los Ríos Alfonso, P. (2017). Manual CEDE de preparación PIR. 04 Psicología de la salud (3a ed.). Madrid: CEDE
- Clariana Martín, S., De los Ríos Alfonso, P. (2012). Manual CEDE de preparación PIR. 04 Psicología de la salud (2a ed.). Madrid: CEDE
- Intervención en contextos de salud. Máster en Psicología General Sanitaria – Universidad Abat Oliba CEU (2017-18). Barcelona
- Guía docente Psicología de la Salud (2019-20)- Universidad Isabel I
Evaluation period
- E1 22/12/2022 I3 08:00h
- E2 15/06/2023 A06 12:00h